{"id":1945071,"date":"2014-03-19T18:38:23","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T13:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/?p=1945071"},"modified":"2014-03-19T18:38:23","modified_gmt":"2014-03-19T13:08:23","slug":"deadliest-buzzwords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/2014\/03\/19\/deadliest-buzzwords\/","title":{"rendered":"The deadliest buzzwords"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1945081\" alt=\"dilbert\" src=\"http:\/\/portalvhds29z8xdrqhczq.blob.core.windows.net\/wordpress\/2014\/03\/dilbert.gif\" width=\"600\" height=\"206\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Aswath Damodaran has an awesome post on wading through the deadliest buzzwords that are most frequently used by investors to distract and delude themselves and others. I am going to give you the headlines here, header over the real deal after the fold.<\/p>\n<h3>Optionality<\/h3>\n<p>Question that you should ask yourself:<\/p>\n<p>Does the company in question has the exclusive or close-to-exclusive right to expand into new markets? This exclusivity can come from owning a proprietary technology or possessing an exclusive license to operate in a market.<\/p>\n<h3>Growth Potential<\/h3>\n<p>Question that you should ask yourself:<\/p>\n<p>To create value, you need to earn excess returns while growing, and to earn those excess returns, you need barriers to entry and competition. Does the company&#8217;s competitive advantages allow it to create value from that growth.<\/p>\n<h3>Strategic considerations<\/h3>\n<p>Question that you should ask yourself:<\/p>\n<p>Can you convert the qualitative benefits into earnings and cash flows?<\/p>\n<h3>Disruptive<\/h3>\n<p>Question that you should ask yourself:<\/p>\n<p>Is there dissatisfaction with the status quo, either on the consumer side or on the producer side?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"http:\/\/aswathdamodaran.blogspot.in\/2014\/03\/if-it-is-strategic-growth-investment-in.html\" target=\"_blank\">If it is a strategic growth investment in China, the numbers don&#8217;t matter! Or do they?<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aswath Damodaran has an awesome post on wading through the deadliest buzzwords that are most frequently used by investors to distract and delude themselves and others. I am going to give you the headlines here, header over the real deal after the fold. Optionality Question that you should ask yourself: Does the company in question &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1945071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-your-money","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1945071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1945071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1945071\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1945071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1945071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1945071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}